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02.07.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Spiders eat twice as much meat as humans every year.

02.07.2021

Another hub for Poste Italiane

Poste Italiane has inaugurated a logistics centre in Landriano, Lombardy (Italy). The parcel and sorting hub is part of an investment of EUR 60 million to strengthen the player's e-commerc capabilities, amongst others. The...

02.07.2021

Niklas Kirwel returns to Setlog

Supply chain management software provider Setlog has appointed Niklas Kirwel (photo) as its new CEO. He will replace Ralf Duester, co-founder and current CEO of Setlog, who has been elected as chairman of the company’s board of...

02.07.2021

Ryder to operate new US east coast hub

Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) in Georgia, USA, has completed delivery of a new import distribution space to serve the park's second tenant. Operated by Ryder Logistics, the facility joins A&R Logistics' new...

02.07.2021

Groundbreaking in Louisiana

Stakeholders with golden shovels turned the first ceremonial dirt last week to build an air cargo warehouse at Louisana's Chennault International Airport (CWF). The USD 4 million facility will be the centrepiece of Chennault’s...

02.07.2021

Cargo on ferry of the third kind

The FRS Iberia shipping company recently acquired a fast ferry which will be renamed “Levante Jet”. The unit is an 85 m length fast catamaran, with an aluminium hull, constructed in 2015 in Australia – more specifically in the...

01.07.2021

Aircalin connects New Zealand and New Caledonia

Aircalin, a carrier based in Nouméa, the capital of the oceanic island of New Caledonia, which belongs to France, is flying to New Zealand again. Last week, the airline launched an A330-900 service operating every Thursday to...

01.07.2021

Europe's first zero-emission green corridor opened

Thanks to the collaboration of Gruber Logistics, APS Fuel and HAM, Europe's first zero-emission green corridor has now been launched. It is a project that aims to use biomasses for the production of fuel and to fully certify the...

01.07.2021

Alsaceterminal now in charge

The time is up. In January, Frenkendorf-based Swissterminal announced that it will take over operations of the three French inland ports Ottmarsheim, Huningue-Village-Neuf and Ile Napoléon in the Alsace region. Effective 1...

01.07.2021

Fiata and ICHCA join forces

Fiata (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) as global representation of freight forwarders and the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) have renewed their memorandum of...

01.07.2021

Test train run Taijuan – Paris in 24 days

Together with its Chinese and European partners, Transcontainer of Delo Group has arranged a test block train dispatch from Taiyuan city (Shanxi province, China) to Paris (France) via Mongolia, Russia and Belarus. The freight...

01.07.2021

CIFFA names new director

The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association has appointed Joel MacKay, president and owner of North American 3PL Mactrans Logistics, as new director. MacKay brings thirty years of experience in the Canadian...

01.07.2021

GDP for Gerry's Dnata in Karachi

Gerry’s Dnata, a ground services provider which handles 150,000 t of cargo annually at seven Pakistani airports, has been awarded the good distribution practice (GDP) certification for the safe and reliable pharmaceutical...

01.07.2021

Big Gulf carrier inject bellyhold capacity

From today, 1 July 2021, Emirates resumes flights between Dubai and Venice, initially offering three flights a week on the route. The Dubai-based airline will also increase services to Milan from eight to ten weekly flights...

01.07.2021

NCRR: new rail spur

The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) is one of several partners named in the recent announcement that Liberty Storage Solutions is expanding its facility in Davie County. The storage shed manufacturer and distributor is...

01.07.2021

Adnavem opens office in Frankfurt

Swedish Logtech innovator Adnavem is setting up new regional headquarters in Frankfurt (Germany). Founded in 2017, the fully automated multimodal logistics platform offers digital collaboration between cargo owners and logistics...

01.07.2021

Less cargo theft in Brazilian hot spots

Sensitech’s supply change intelligence centre has published its most recent report on cargo theft in Brazil. According to its findings, cargo theft in São Paulo decreased by 1% in Q1/2021 in comparison to Q4/2020, while in Rio de...

01.07.2021

P&O adds fifth Dover–Calais vessel

Growing demand from British and European customers has prompted P&O Ferries to return the ‘Pride of Burgundy’ to its Dover–Calais route. The vessel, with its first sailing in over a year, will now be the line’s fifth ship...

01.07.2021

More pharma logistics power at Brussels airport

Brussels airport (BRU) continues to invest in its logistics zone Brucargo, where it has taken delivery of a new building accommodating 4,000 sqm of warehousing and office space. The building will become the home base of Medexi, a...

01.07.2021

Stef Group appoints two directors

Stef Group, a European provider of temperature-controlled transport and logistics services for food products, has appointed two new directors for its seafood and packaging business units in France. Laurent Martin (photo) will...